Rallying Support For Cassava Production In Africa
Cassava is currently the fourth most important food crop in the world after maize, wheat and rice. The crop is grown on over 24 million hectares in 105 countries in the world and the global...
April 19, 2018
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Africa needs to more than double cassava production to feed herself by 2050
…300 researchers, policymakers to attend mega cassava meeting in Cotonou Africa needs to double her cassava production to avert a major food crisis by 2050, says the Director for the Global Cassava Partnership for the...
Africa needs 30 tonnes per hectare of cassava by 2050 — IITA
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture on Tuesday said the continent needed 30 tonnes per hectare of cassava by 2050 from the current nine tonnes per hectare. Dr Claude Fauguet, Director of the Global Cassava...
April 10, 2018
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Global Cassava Partnership for the 21 century holds world press conference and cassava exhibition in Lagos
The Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st century (GCP21) will on 17 April 2018 hold a world press conference to announce the fourth International Cassava Conference billed to take place in Cotonou, Benin in 11-15...
GCP21: Send a photo and stand a chance to win a prize
The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st century (GCP21) with support from the French Institute of Benin in the framework of the French Embassy in Cotonou is organizing a photo competition under the theme; “Cassava...
IDH and The Rockefeller Foundation partner to support the development of Nigeria’s cassava value chain
Support from The Rockefeller Foundation, in close partnership with the African Development Bank and AGRA, will enable processors to integrate smallholder farmers in their supply chain. IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, is pleased to announce...
ST1 COMPLETES CONSTRUCTION OF CASSAVA-BASED ETHANOL PILOT PLANT IN THAILAND
St1 Nordic Oy (Helsinki, Finland;) has completed the construction of an Etanolix pilot plant at Ubon Bio Ethanol Ltd.’s (UBE) starch and ethanol plant site in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. In the project, St1 is piloting...
IFAD boosts rice, cassava production in Benue with N2.7bn investment
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has invested more than N2.7 billion to boost rice and cassava production in Benue State since September last year. Emmanuel Igba, the IFAD state programme coordinator, disclosed this in...
Edo Govt., Elephant Group to cultivate 1,155 hectares of cassava
The Edo Government said on Tuesday that it would, in partnership with Elephant Group PLC, grow 1,155 hectares of cassava in the state. Gov. Godwin Obaseki, stated this when the group, a private concern, paid...
More farm households adopt improved cassava varieties
Findings by the Cassava Monitoring Survey (CMS) have shown that over 60 percent of farm households have adopted improved cassava varieties in the country. This was revealed at the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike,...